Last 3 months headlines – Page 1232
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Landmark judgment sets limit on religious freedoms
European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judges have rejected appeals lodged by three British Christians
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Culture change needed at BSB, says super-regulator
The Bar Standards Board will encounter ‘significant challenges’ in emulating the Solicitors Regulation Authority
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What’s so bad about privatising our courts?
When I were a lad, the trains were genuinely horrible. They were dirty, usually late and (in my corner of Essex at least) they had manual doors so you could get on board while the train was still moving. It always ...
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Clients still failing to ‘shop around’
The Legal Services Board has called on regulators to provide clear information on provider performance
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Legal aid cuts ‘will hammer middle England’
Four out of five adults in England and Wales would be unable to pay for a lawyer
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LSA now better reflected in firms’ business plans
The proportion of firms that expect to change their business strategy in response to the Legal Services Act has more than doubled in the last three years
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Fixed fees in legal aid ruled unlawful – in New Zealand
The Court of Appeal in New Zealand has ruled that a planned legal aid shakeup to introduce fixed fees is unlawful.
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Residence test proposal ‘unlawful and unworkable’
Lawyers have warned that the proposed introduction of a residence test for civil legal aid is potentially ‘unlawful, discriminatory and unworkable’
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Former partner loses six-year discrimination case
A six-year employment dispute involving a law firm is finally over
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LSB relies on regulators to see off DBA ‘mis-selling’ fear
The Legal Services Board will not introduce specific guidance for damages-based agreements
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Chancery Lane announces wills accreditation scheme
The Law Society has confirmed it will introduce a new accreditation scheme - the Wills and Inheritance Scheme - in the autumn.
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‘Simples’: Compare The Market owner BGL buys Minster Law
BGL Group, the owner of price-comparison site Compare the Market, has bought personal injury specialist Minster Law
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Taxation of partnerships and LLPs
HM Revenue & Customs has published its long-awaited consultation document on the taxation of partnerships and LLPs. It covers two aspects. Firstly there is the whole basis of taxation of LLP members whose terms resemble those of employees. Secondly there is the question of profit allocation where the partnership includes ...
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Students warm to ABSs
A clear majority of law students (63%) believe that the advent of alternative business structures (ABSs) will provide wider employment opportunities for lawyers.
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Threat to jobs at DWF
Job losses are expected at national firm DWF after it announced it is reviewing over 80 posts
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Having a choice of lawyers
The right to choose a lawyer is part of our accepted rights, yet threatened by the criminal legal aid proposals. How essential is that right? When you last needed a doctor, banker, priest, dentist or schoolteacher, what choice did you actually have? At best you probably had a limited choice ...
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Society victory over banks’ derivatives products
The Law Society has persuaded the government to allow retail banks to offer derivatives products to business customers
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Criminal justice ignorance
‘I don’t believe that most people who find themselves in our criminal justice system are great connoisseurs of legal skills.’ The words of justice secretary Chris Grayling in his interview with the Gazette last week defending plans to remove the ability of suspects to choose their ...
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London Legal Walk 2013
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Law firms: information overload?
Firms will soon be obliged to publish diversity data – perhaps on their website or in reception if they have no website. I find it hard to see how, in a firm which consists of one person only (such as mine), it can be consistent with the Data Protection Act ...